Sue Grafton or Janet Evanovich...ABCs or 123s....Kinsey or Stephanie...who is the queen of the girlie mystery? Everyone has their preference. I enjoy both ladies and eagerly anticipate each novel, but I am a Kinsey girl. I just feel like Sue Grafton has created an alter ego for me, you know the person I could be if I had made different choices and of course had been born in 1950, that way I could be a grown up when big 80s hair was in style. Kinsey and I are pretty much the same person...well except her jogging (I am sitting here watching a Bones episode I have seen twice because noone will find the remote and I am not getting off this couch!). Oh and I don't like to be alone, when I get home I call Jim and tell him it is time for him to close his office. See, I am a "fraidy cat" and my fight or flight reflex leans heavily towards flight. Then there's the guns thing...Jim is a gun --well for lack of a better word "enthusiast," so I completely freak everytime I happen across one. Then the turtleneck thing-- I hate them. Of course, Kinsey and I both like jeans, Quarter Pounders with cheese, and paperback mysteries. Gosh it almost seems like I have more in common with Stephanie... doughnuts rock!Kinsey
Pros:
- Runs 3 miles a day
- Carries a gun
- Was a police officer
- Has no family ties so the bad guys can't kidnap her grandmother or sister
- Has a black dress that she can roll up and put it in her purse and it never wrinkles (the fabric must be from the future)
Cons:
- Is still in the 80's - no internet, no cell phone
- Kinsey is in her late 30's so she is a little older than Stephanie
- Has a Beetle (in U she has a Mustang...don't even get me started) which has a manual transmission so she cannot eat, shoot or anything else while driving
- Is kind of "abrasive"
Stephanie
Pros:
- Has a great network of friends
- Obviously the criminals in New Jersey are stupid
- Has modern technology at her disposal
- Boyfriend is a cop
- Everyone knows everyone else in the burg so she can usually get herself out of trouble
Cons:
- Unreliable transportation (cars are always blowing up)
- Must stop at every doughnut shop
- Mother freaks when she misses Friday night dinner, so no chasing bad guys on Friday night
- Everyone knows everyone so her mother finds out all of the bad stuff she does (Trenton is a little like Conway...I got in at 3 a.m. once and the phone started ringing, it was my grandmother..."Your cousin just rode by your house and your Jeep lights are on")
- Cannot be in good shape eating all of the fried chicken and doughnuts
